Organic Food News

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia, which leads the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council in terms of ambitious organic farming projects and by setting up a private sector Saudi Organic Farming Association , is currently mapping out a comprehensive action plan for the development of organic farming and food.

Community, education and healthier food choices are at the center of a new urban garden planned for Indianapolis' northeast side.

Editor's Note: We are reposting some of our favorite Green columns. What is organic food? Why eat organic food? What can organic farming do to help people and the planet? Luckily we don't have to answer the first question very often anymore.

Everybody knows that when it comes to food, organic is better, right? Well, I wanted to play devil's advocate and looked into the popular trend of organic farming being embraced by people across the world as an alternative to modern farming techniques.

Reading Eagle: Tim Leedy Foosie's Organic Deli owner Charity Stoltzfoos, right, with her sister Hope, who helps out at the Fairgrounds Farmers Market stand.

The Oct. 8 meeting of the Sherburne Rotary Club had as their speaker, Tom Pinney, a local dairy farmer who has transitioned to organic farming.

The Michigan Department of Agriculture is currently accepting applications for the 2010 Pesticide Notification Registry and Certified Organic Farm Registry.

Top crop: Farmers of Ajitgarh village in Sikar district showing an improved variety of 'lauki' grown by organic farming.

Organic is great. But it sure isn't frugal!!! According to the Environmental Working Group there are a few foods that people can save money on because they are low in pesticides - so buying organic is not necessary.

SHOPPERS are shunning expensive organic food following research by a watchdog which said it was no healthier than ordinary produce.

CHANDIGARH: "Present day agriculture is not a viable option for the farmers. They grow crops which need excessive water and pesticides, providing both requires money and if the crop fails the only option left for the farmer is to consume the pesticide because he can neither pay the debt nor afford any other mode of death," said Claude Alvares, a ...

Boing Boing guestblogger Connie Choe is a health and culture writer by day and a professional kimchimonger by night.

Alice Waters: mother of the organic food revolution - Daily Telegraph >> Posted By gamahuche 5 hours, 45 minutes ago in Health & Fitness > When she opened a bistro in California with a bunch of hippies, Alice Waters looked like a dilettante and dreamer.

If the rain has washed away your young fall vegetables, or if you lacked the will to put in a garden, take heart.

On a grassy hill in Chestertown, Maryland near the Chesapeake Bay, Dolly Baker slowly pulls ripened figs off a tree.

Oregon has been accredited to certify farms under the National Organic Program, which sets standards for farms and other operations that market agricultural products as organically produced.

SALEM, Ore. - Oregon has been accredited to certify farms under the National Organic Program, which sets standards for farms and other operations that market agricultural products as organically produced.

Coco's organic premium coffee from Mexico debuts in seven Southern California restaurants; buying a cup builds a sustainable business for Mayan farmer collective in Chiapas, Mexico.

Oregon has been accredited to certify farms under the National Organic Program, joining Washington and Idaho.

Coffee has many nicknames... light, medium, dark, decaf, but the newest name ringing in our ears? Organic.